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I watched Le Mans '66 with my partner at the cinema, it was just us two in a 300 seat cinema, nobody else there. The cinema was The Odeon in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. Ken Miles' home town. I found that very poignant.

Shelby said himself he still has the wrench Miles threw at him?

No, American MONEY beat Italian sophistication.

The best racing movie ever....... Grand Prix. This is a close second.

The race was won by Donald Duck and Eeeehhlong Musk.

Imagine if we get a Ford v Ferrari Chapter 2 film featuring Dan Gurney and the rest of the icons alongside Shelby. Just learning about these events is tingling me.

Not enough credit was given to the engine or it's designers

8:05 I agree. No movie or game will be historically accurate to the events of the story they tell. Ford v Ferrari is no exception. But we can all agree that the movie was great and was a great entry point to learning the Ford vs Ferrari rivalry of the 60s. It's just sad however that many will not bother learning the reality and the true history behind the film's events, which causes them to believe the movie is 100% accurate.

I had the pleasure of driving my fathers TR3. No creature comforts at all, just a motor transmission and 4 wheels. What a blast.

American money beat Italian money. Hurray😅

Fantastic film....

"American muscle" and "Italian sophistication" were both passed and lapped by German engineering. The car that truly changed long distance racing was the 917, take your red white and blue glasses off.

The car was basically a Lola (English) with a Ford engine (US). Lola doesn’t get the credit it deserves. Without Lola there would have been no Le Mans wins. It also has to be said vis versa. Together attained one of racings greatest achievements.

The best version of this epic battle between Ford & Ferrari IMO is the book “Go Like Hell.” But, that’s my opinion and I AM a car guy….an old car guy who owned a 427 Ford in the 60’s while living in Florida. I had a 63 1/2 Ford Galaxie Fastback with a 427 and four-speed. Even at 78, I’m still a car guy with a 650hp ZL1 Camaro in my driveway alongside an ‘06 GTO. The book was better….covered a lot of missing details in the movie….but, I guess books are always, or seem to be always, better than the flick. It covers all the BS in the Ferrari stable, especially what they put Sir John Surtees through. Any car guys reading this old man’s rant should read the book and also Bob Lutz’s “Car Guys vs Beancounters.”

I've never figure out why anyone would waste their time watching a car go round and round?

Being a kiwi and one that is a huge history buff. I like to think Ken was told to slow so he did. He expected Bruce to cruise in beside him. But Bruce being a racer who wants to win just put the boot in at the last second..... We will never know for sure but that is how I choose to tell the story if anyone asks.

The claim that Ford won Lemans 3 additional times is not entirely accurate. Ford won the 1967 race with the Ford MKIV with Dan Gurney and A J Foyt driving. But in 1968 & 1969 John Wyer Racing won Lemans in heavily modified GT40's called Gulf-Wyers (hence the famous blue & orange colors) after Ford officially dropped out of running Lemans after 1967.

Shorly regardless of ford fiddling the results the fact that it was decided someone starting further down the grid has covered more ground is wrong. Your race only starts when you cross the start line . The same as when you finish .

There could have been a third contender. Facel Vega, known for their Crysler engined luxury cars. They had a prototype 80% complete when they went bankrupt in 1964.

Doesn't properly answer what really happened.

USA! USA! USA! 🇺🇸💪

So yeah indeed it was sabotage

Sylvester Stallone and Emile Hirsch

I would like to see a prequel on the Cobra Daytona GT winning it's class at Daytona and La Mans.

The american "showy" side ruined the race.

Let's not forget that the GT40 was, (After Shelby got a hold of it), a quintessential American hot rod.

Those were incredible cars back then

Why is the Welshman chatting with a cockney accent?😂

And we did just because we wanted too

The reality is not a movie...

I just wish Carrol Shelby was still alive when the movie was made so that he could critique it.

7:33 _“And that was the McLaren/Amon car, which started _*_well behind_*_ the Miles/Hulme machine.”_ but then you show a photo of the cars lined up at the start, with the #2 car (McLaren/Amon) just 2 spots behind the #1 car (Miles/Hulme)- to “well behind”, since it's just two positions back (so “barely behind” would be accurate). It's true that the #1 car got moving a bit later than many other cars, but that's not relevant here, since the position is judged by distance, not start time. Put another way- if Miles had crossed the finish line just 2 car lengths ahead of the #2 GT40, he would've gotten first by all accounts. Ford could've still gotten their photo finish and he would be #1 if he punched it in the last 10 seconds up to the line.

What I never understood about the finish was that Track officials and historians always mention Miles was up 2 laps over McLaren, so really Miles covered more ground than McLaren regardless of him starting behind Miles. Miles was cheated out of the triple crown

Love the camel livery... iconic

Surely the qualifying times determined the starting position so the car in front deserves the win despite who made the quicker time from behind, if Ken pulled up and let Bruce through so be it..shit call I think ✌🍻

miles was not liked by many of the ford boys so the ending sucks point blank because the real winner did not come first.

I was quite disappointed that the movie didn't cover the Cobra Coupe part of the story. Fords real first win @ LeMans.

58 years later Leo is still responsible for the bruce mclaren accident for the 24 hours of le mans even though ken got robbed all because of ass hat Leo beebe i bet he still regrets it.Ken got robbed all because of a distance rule.

i cant imagine the feelings of peter his son , seeing the movie and how they portrayed the father son relationship making him relive those memories the happy and heartbreaking ones , me myself it was hard to forgive the betrayal and the scheme ford did to ken so I cant even think about the emotions he felt , rip legend ken miles 🕊

LOVE THIS STYUFF, SO DAMN COOL TO WATCH AND LEARN, THHANKS TO EVERYONE WHO WORKED AND SACRIFISED FOR THIS MOVIE AND IN REAL LIFE. !!! K.M.. LIVES FOREVER!!!

USAAC WWII pilot Carroll Shelby and Henry Ford II destroyed Ferrari at Le Mans.

It was a Victory stolen from Ken Miles, the guy was ahead and that clearly states he was the best driver out their. This is typical ford's dirty game yes did the photo finish look good but you screwed the person out of that by cheap tactics

Just love watching old footage of Le Mans, when it was a proper race before it became sanitised

Very funny how Toyota, Porche, Ferrari, Audi and the others commit and win multiple years and Ford spend 10x the budget their rivals and they are the David in the battle.

Can we just appreciate what an incredible man. Helped with engineering etc. but also at such an age was 2+ laps ahead. How was he so much better than Mclaren and co. 🤯👏🏻

It was Shelby's idea to have the cars finish together, not Ford's. th-cam.com/video/Rzq4DeTjZ1A/w-d-xo.html 1:07:00.

Duct taping the rear bodywork in place . . . The yellow MkIV (Mark Donahue) lost it's rear bodywork. He managed to prop it onto the car and limp back to the pits where it was duct taped in place. As a precaution the bodywork on the Gurney/Foyt car also received the duct tape treatment.

One of the commentators keeps talking about the P4.....(They were quite nice, but...) The Ford Mk IV is one of the most magnificent and beautiful cars ever built! They definitely should make a sequel about this race! "FORD VS FERRARI II"!

In 1967 Ferrari returned the favour in Fords Back yard 24 hr Daytona Ferrari 1/2 with a private Ferrari making 1/2/3 Ford one finished out of six It goes to show it is not about large V8 engines but small V12 [ 4 Lt ] and what you can do with it. In 66 in was Goliath who won in 67 it was David

More like money won as human history demonstrated